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English

Etymology 1

From Italian crema. Doublet of cream, second-etymology crema, and crème.

Noun

crema (countable and uncountable, plural cremas)

1. The light-colored, orangish head of foam on a cup of espresso.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Spanish crema. Doublet of cream, first-etymology crema, and crème.

Noun

crema (uncountable)

1. A Mexican foodstuff, the Mexican version of crème fraîche or sour cream.

Translations

Anagrams

• Carme, McRae, crame, cream, macer, recam

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French crème.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?k?e.m?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?k?e.ma/

Noun

crema f (plural cremes)

1. cream (fat part of milk)
2. cream (skin product)
3. soup with cream
4. custard

Derived terms

• crema cremada

Related terms

• crem

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

crema

1. third-person singular present indicative form of cremar
2. second-person singular imperative form of cremar

Further reading

• “crema” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Italian

Etymology

From French crème.

Pronunciation

Noun

crema f (plural creme)

1. cream

Usage notes

• Panna generally refers to physical cream, while crema refers to the flavor of cream. A pint of creamy gelato would be termed crema and not panna.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? English: crema
• ? Greek: ????? (kréma)

Verb

crema

1. third-person singular present of cremare
2. second-person singular imperative of cremare

Anagrams

• carme
• marce

Latin

Verb

crem?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of crem?

References

• crema in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Verb

crema

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of cremar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of cremar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?krema]

Noun

crema f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of crem?

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?ema/, [?k?e.ma]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French crème.

Noun

crema f (plural cremas)

1. cream (cosmetic product)
2. (Latin America) cream (dairy product)

   Synonym: (Spain) nata

3. soup with cream
4. custard
5. (Latin America, colloquial) mess (disorder)

Derived terms

Related terms

• cremoso

Descendants

• ? English: crema
• ? Tagalog: krema
• ? Turkish: krema

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

crema

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of cremar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of cremar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of cremar.

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek ????? (trêma, “perforation, orifice”) (perhaps influenced by crema).

Noun

crema f (plural cremas)

1. (rare) dieresis

See also

Further reading

• “crema” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Adjective

creme (comparative more creme, superlative most creme)

1. Alternative spelling of crème

Noun

creme (countable and uncountable, plural cremes)

1. Alternative spelling of crème

Verb

creme (third-person singular simple present cremes, present participle creming, simple past and past participle cremed)

1. Alternative spelling of crème

Anagrams

• c'mere, merce

Danish

Etymology

From French crème, a merger of Late Latin chrisma (“ointment”) (from Ancient Greek ?????? (khrîsma, “unguent”)) and Late Latin crama (“skim”) (from Gaulish *crama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?????m]

Noun

creme c (singular definite cremen, plural indefinite cremer)

1. cream
2. custard
3. polish

Inflection

Descendants

• ? Faroese: krem

German

Etymology 1

From French crème.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k?e?m], [k???m]
• Hyphenation: creme

Adjective

creme (not comparable)

1. (color, indeclinable) cream

Synonyms

• cremefarben, cremefarbig

Related terms

• Creme

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?e?m?]
• Hyphenation: cre?me

Verb

creme

1. inflection of cremen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Further reading

• “creme” in Duden online
• “creme” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kr?.me/
• Rhymes: -?me
• Hyphenation: crè?me

Noun

creme f

1. plural of crema

Anagrams

• merce, mercé

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French craime.

Alternative forms

• crem, creyme, crayme, cramin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kr??m(?)/

Noun

creme (uncountable)

1. cream

Descendants

• English: cream
  • ? Chinese: ??, ?? (qílín)
  • ? Hindi: ????? (kr?m)
  • ? Indonesian: krim
  • ? Japanese: ???? (kur?mu)
  • ? Korean: ?? (keurim)
  • ? Thai: ???? (kriim)
  • ? Zulu: ukhilimu

References

• “cr?me, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

creme

1. Alternative form of cromen

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?k?e.mi/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /?k?e.me/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?k??.m?/

Etymology 1

French crème, from Late Latin cr?mum (“skim”), from Gaulish *crama.

Noun

creme m (plural cremes)

1. (uncountable) milkfat, cream
2. (uncountable) any substance of similar texture
3. an amount or type of the substance
4. cream (color)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:creme.

Synonyms

• (cream (milk product)): nata

Related terms

• cremoso

Etymology 2

Verb

creme

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of cremar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of cremar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of cremar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of cremar

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cremar.

See also

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kre.me/

Noun

creme

1. plural of crem?

Spanish

Verb

creme

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of cremar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cremar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of cremar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of cremar.